EditItem
public void LoadCollection() { try { using (System.IO.StreamReader reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(filename)) { XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(EditCollection)); edcoll = (EditCollection)serializer.Deserialize(reader); } } catch (InvalidOperationException) //invalid operation is what happens when the xml can't be parsed into the objects correctly { //FUTURE: do we want a message box here or just throw the exception up to studio???? string caption = PluginResources.EditSettingsErrorCaption; string message = string.Format(PluginResources.EditSettingsXmlErrorMessage, Path.GetFileName(filename)); MessageBox.Show(new MtWindowWrapper(getHandle()), message, caption, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation); throw new Exception(message); } catch (Exception exp) //catch-all for any other kind of error...passes up a general message with the error description { //FUTURE: do we want a message box here or just throw the exception up to studio???? string caption = PluginResources.EditSettingsErrorCaption; string message = PluginResources.EditSettingsGenericErrorMessage + " " + exp.Message; MessageBox.Show(new MtWindowWrapper(getHandle()), message, caption, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation); throw new Exception(message); //throwing exception aborts the segment lookup } }
private string BrowseEditFile() { //Note: The current thread culture will not affect the language of message boxes and other dialogs //there seem to be some tricky workarounds out there involving win32 API hooks...but that might be a bit much //for now the message boxes and other system dialogs will be in language set for Windows, no matter the language set for Studio (i.e. the language of the current thread); //another option could be to make a custom message box as a form, but custom file dialogs could be a pain //FUTURE: consider possibly making the plugin localized to the system settings and not the current thread set by Studio if (openFile.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { try //a simple way to check for the proper xml format is to try and deserialize it { using (System.IO.StreamReader reader = new System.IO.StreamReader(openFile.FileName)) { XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(EditCollection)); EditCollection edcoll = (EditCollection)serializer.Deserialize(reader); edcoll = null; return(openFile.FileName); } } catch (InvalidOperationException) //invalid operation is what happens when the xml can't be parsed into the objects correctly { string caption = MtProviderConfDialogResources.lookupFileStructureCheckErrorCaption; string message = string.Format(MtProviderConfDialogResources.lookupFileStructureCheckXmlProblemErrorMessage, System.IO.Path.GetFileName(openFile.FileName)); MessageBox.Show(this, message, caption, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation); return(null); } catch (Exception exp) //catch-all for any other kind of error...passes up a general message with the error description { string caption = MtProviderConfDialogResources.lookupFileStructureCheckErrorCaption; string message = MtProviderConfDialogResources.lookupFileStructureCheckGenericErrorMessage + " " + exp.Message; MessageBox.Show(this, message, caption, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation); return(null); } } else { return(null); } }